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Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... - Respiratory symptoms ... week of a known clinical ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... /IVC occlusion, ... (Clinical Dx). ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... : >3 symptoms, or ... • Steroids: IV ... #management #hematology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... resolution of symptoms ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome ... #treatment #hepatology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... : • + Clinical ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Hematologic malignancy ... Disease: Clinical ... (Symptoms, Imaging
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... • Acute: - IV ... #management #neurology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
context of other symptoms ... likely it will be clinically ... SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
): - Hematologic ... decompression SVC ... IV bisphosphonates ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... risk PE, Pulmonary ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic